Alessandro Baricco

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Baricco at Lucca Comics & Games in 2010

Alessandro Baricco (Italian pronunciation: [ale's:andro baˈrik:o]; born 25 January 1958)[1] is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.

Early life, family and education

Baricco was born in Turin, Italy.[1]

He has earned degrees in philosophy (under Gianni Vattimo) and in piano.

Career

Baricco published essays on

Rai Tre
.

Baricco debuted as a novelist with Castelli di rabbia (translated as Lands of Glass) in 1991.

In 1993, he co-founded a creative writing school in Turin, naming it Scuola Holden after J. D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield. The Scuola Holden hosts a variety of courses on narrative techniques including screenwriting, journalism, novels and short stories.

In the following years, his fame grew throughout Europe, with his works topping the Italian and French best-seller lists. Larger recognition followed the adaptation of his theatrical monologue Novecento into the movie The Legend of 1900, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.

He has also worked with the French band Air, releasing "City Reading", a mix of the band's music with Baricco's reading of his novel City.

Baricco directed the critically acclaimed film Lezione 21 on

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
.

Personal life

Baricco resides in his hometown, Turin.[1] He has two sons. He and his girlfriend Gloria Campaner live together.[2][3][4]

In January 2022, Baricco announced he had been diagnosed with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.[5]

Bibliography

Novels

Theatre

Cinema

  • Partita Spagnola, Audino Editore 2003 (screenplay never shot).
  • Lecture 21, 2008 (written and directed).

Collected short writings

  • Barnum. Cronache dal Grande Show, Feltrinelli 1995
  • Barnum 2. Altre cronache del Grande Show, Feltrinelli 1998
  • Next. Piccolo libro sulla globalizzazione e il mondo che verrà, Feltrinelli 2002
  • Il nuovo Barnum, Feltrinelli 2016

Essays

  • Il genio in fuga. Sul teatro musicale di Rossini, Il Melangolo 1988, Einaudi 1997
  • L'anima di Hegel e le mucche del Wisconsin, Garzanti 1992
  • I Barbari, La Repubblica 2006
  • The Game, 2018

Awards

  • Prix Médicis étranger — France[1]
  • Selezione Campiello — Italy[1][6]
  • Viareggio – Italy[1]
  • Palazzo al Bosco – Italy[1]

References

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